Getaway

No man is an island But we're all wrecked ships Hidden deep in seven seas Gone under the weather Scarred from angry waves No man is an island But we're all sleepless cities Lost between folklore and reality Our names engraved in sand So the future can erase us No man is an island But...

Yours, indignantly

I watch my love spill from your heart Cascading down the treacherous parts Cleansing your guilty innocence Burning your skin with thrill You watch me pour from myself Drunk on the taste of my flames Rich on the magnitude you hold Proud of the lives you fold I get my hands bloody for you And...

Short story long

Long story short, I am here Short story long, I don't want to be I'm still tangled in my past Painting pictures of who I'm not Tainting my name before failure does I sit and ponder and shut me out again And pretend I'm fine with the mirror I live for my next encounter with...

The miles of your life

Your love is a river Dried up till the end of time Cracked concrete is all that’s left And yet, barefoot with calloused palms You still wander around deserts To nourish your empty stream One drop every hundred years Tell me mystique traveler Why is your love for others The determinant of your love for...

How do you love

How do you love a goldfish Without robbing it of its home How do you love a house bird Without caging it under your care How do you love trees Without felling them for warmth How do you love a sunset Without melancholy stewing your heart In my measly years of existence I saw the...

A place to stay

Your heart’s a grave It sleeps so peacefully Knowing fully well It grieves so quietly Hold it against mine Let’s make a sanctuary I will hold onto the dead And you hold onto hope My heart’s a graveyard It sleeps so peacefully Knowing fully well It grieves with you, so quietly

A touch of Sae

From K, with love Dearest, I have been busy these past months so I’m sorry I couldn’t write any sooner. I hope you forgive me. I came across a book the other day while I was cleaning, and it took me back to what may be the most illuminating days of my life. But more...

Hear ye

If I cross to the other side If I bid them goodbye If I cut the binding ties If I lose my morals If I take and not give Will my words finally make sense? Wishful thinking on my side Yet again, the clock strickes midnight Pack my bags, it's time to go To the...

I remember

I remember the day the sun smiled at me. It was a he that day and it was the end of a misfortune. All it took was a smile, a tiny sparkly smile that somehow left an imprint that will never leave. I remember the day the rain came pouring hard. It was a she...

Long live

The midnight train passes you by The ground disappears beneath you Your one-way ticket weighs heavily in your hand Gone was the escape to an ephemeral wonderland Peace comes at a high price But love is a free estate Reserved for you to reside in And so, to you, I say Purple lights will guide...